--- title: Beer SodaStream: Brew Your Own Beer at the Touch of a Button description: Tired of having to leave your house to get an ice cold beer straight out of the tap? With SodaStream's Beer Bar, you won't have to. canonical: https://time.com/4352924/brew-your-own-beer-sodastream/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-31T21:50:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:51.581Z og:title: Now You Can Brew Your Own Beer at the Touch of a Button og:description: Sign us up og:url: https://time.com/4352924/brew-your-own-beer-sodastream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Now You Can Brew Your Own Beer at the Touch of a Button twitter:description: Sign us up twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Now You Can Brew Your Own Beer at the Touch of a Button  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 31, 2016 9:50 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 31, 2016 9:50 PM UTC Tired of having to leave your house to get an [ice cold beer](http://time.com/4136937/grandpa-beer-yoga/) straight out of the tap? Soon you won’t have to. SodaStream — the company behind the popular at-home soda maker — recently announced the release of Beer Bar, a machine that allows users to create their own [homemade brews](http://time.com/money/4073371/anheuser-busch-sabmiller-craft-beer/) simply by pressing a button. > [](https://twitter.com/Eater/status/737652384185352192) So how does it work? By adding Blondie — a beer concentrate with an ABV of 4.5 percent — to Beer Bar’s sparkling water supply, you’ll produce a light beer with a “smooth authentic taste and a [hop filled aroma](http://time.com/money/4288681/hops-shortage-craft-beer/),” according to a [press release](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sodastream-launches-homemade-beer-system-300276600.html#continue-jump). **Read More:** [The Hottest Trend in Craft Brewing Is Beer That Doesn’t Taste Like Beer](http://time.com/money/4266936/craft-beer-trends-flavored-beer/) However, as of now, the product is only available [online](http://www.sodastream.de/deretail/default.aspx) in Germany and at select retailers in Switzerland. It’s expected to roll out in other markets later this year. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4352924/brew-your-own-beer-sodastream/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4352924/brew-your-own-beer-sodastream/"},"headline":"Now You Can Brew Your Own Beer at the Touch of a Button","datePublished":"2016-05-31T21:50:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:51.581Z","description":"Sign us up","url":"https://time.com/4352924/brew-your-own-beer-sodastream/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Beer"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4352924/brew-your-own-beer-sodastream/","name":"Now You Can Brew Your Own Beer at the Touch of a Button"}}]}] ```